Asbestos Survey Report

Asbestos surveys and reports explained. This page is a walk through of the survey process step by step and the information that you will find in the report including the information and data used to prepare the risk assessment and asbestos management plan.

The asbestos survey report is a record of the information collected at a particular time on the presence and condition of asbestos containing materials (ACMs). Extreme care and attention should be paid when producing an asbestos survey report, particularly in transposing data, as the document will be the formal asbestos register record. It will contain the information and data that will be used to prepare the risk assessment and management plan and to make decisions and judgements on the need for actions. Errors in the report could lead to incorrect conclusions and inappropriate decisions.

Survey for asbestos

The report should be completed in a written format, supplied either as a hard copy or as an electronic document, or both. It should be comprehensible and usable by the client. In particular, the information in the survey report should be easy for the client to extract and to use to prepare an asbestos register, eg by presenting the results in a manner or format that can be directly lifted or employed to form the asbestos register. The report should contain the results of sample analyses. The survey report should contain the following sections: